Jane Green Quotes

For me, 'Bookends' marks the start of my foray into commercial fiction, away from what has always been thought of as more traditional chick lit - single girl in the city trips around in Manolos looking for Mr. Right.

Jane Green

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 31, 1968

Topics

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Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages.

John Hickenlooper

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I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.

Ann Romney

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The Prescott fight made me change from a boy to a man: it took me out of my comfort zone because when you lose a fight, you look at the mistakes and everything. That is what happened. I've changed from a boy to a man.

Amir Khan

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To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

Sun Tzu

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I think child stars have a leg up, actually, because they have an innate sense of what creative problem solving is all about. But to make a life out of it, you have to be ready to take on project after project. You have to like the action.

Ron Howard

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'Rigoletto' has long been one of my favorite operas, and it was on my short list way back when I first talked to Peter Gelb. I started thinking about what I could bring to this masterpiece, which has been seen all over the world for so many years.

Michael Mayer

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Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started to mesh as far as music goes and we started really connecting with each other.

Brandon Thomas

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Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

Brian Reynolds Myers

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Physical studies of DNA had, of course, been under way for some years before analysis of virus particles began.

Alfred Hershey

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I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.

Shawn Johnson

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I'm not a big raised stage fan.

Tom Bergeron

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If you're facing rejection right now, it's very important to realize, especially in a down market, that it's not personal. Really. Truly. The indifference of the system is also crushing. But perhaps it's better than thinking that someone was out to get you.

Timothy Morton

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